Frank Villeneuve-Smith, from CT Plus, said he was delighted by the rise in figures for July.

He said: "Reliability is the key factor in getting people to use buses."

Bus passenger figures

June 2011 - 173,537

June 2012 - 163,663

June 2013 - 151,394

June 2014 - 172,226

Mr Villeneuve-Smith said: "Passengers need to know that their bus will turn up when it says it will.

"We've worked tirelessly on service reliability and over the last quarter there have been no cancellations and we've run 99.99% of all scheduled mileage - which in bus terms is a great result which any operator in the world would be proud of.

"Bus ridership in Guernsey is seasonal and bad weather last summer didn't help.

"This year the weather has been excellent, people have wanted to get out and enjoy it so we also recognise that has been a factor."

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